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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Afterword.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of doctors does Paul Farmer says he wants to work at his clinic in A Light Month for Travel?
(a) People less driven than himself.
(b) People as driven as himself.
(c) Indigenous Haitians.
(d) Women and minorities.

2. What are the twin pandemics referred to in the Afterword of Mountains Beyond Mountains?
(a) AIDS and HIV.
(b) Tuberculosis and MDR-TB.
(c) Tueberculosis and dysentry.
(d) AIDS and tuberculosis.

3. Why did the passenger truck from Lascahobas to the nearest city stop making its runs?
(a) Lack of passengers.
(b) Lack of funding.
(c) Danger from guerillas.
(d) Lack of gas.

4. What other disease do the Russian patients that Paul Farmer treats for TB also tend to have?
(a) Dysentery.
(b) Syphilis.
(c) Leprosy.
(d) AIDS.

5. How old is Paul Farmer when he and Tracy Kidder first meet?
(a) 88.
(b) 49.
(c) 15.
(d) 35.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Tracy Kidder's job in 1994?

2. What reason is given for the intensity of the Russian TB outbreak?

3. According to the Afterword, how many HIV patients does Zanmi Lasante's staff care for?

4. What three things does Paul Farmer say are co-infectious in his second lecture in Cuba?

5. How much money does Paul Farmer borrow to pay for the 2002 expansion while waiting for the Global Fund money to arrive?

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